Topic field guide
Documentation
Capture the context future contributors and agents need without writing a manual nobody reads.
Prompts
Write a useful README
Give the intended reader the shortest trustworthy path to understanding and using a repository.
Copy and adapt
Create a project handoff
Compact active work into the context another developer or agent needs to continue accurately.
Copy and adapt
Explain this codebase to a new developer
Create a guided mental model using the project’s real domain language and execution paths.
Copy and adapt
Write concise release notes
Explain what changed, who benefits, and what action is required without narrating implementation.
Copy and adapt
Document an API for successful first use
Create task-oriented API documentation with a minimal working example and honest failure behavior.
Copy and adapt
Turn implementation into a user guide
Translate product behavior into task-based guidance without leaking internal complexity.
Copy and adapt
Summarize an architecture decision
Give contributors the operational meaning of an ADR without replacing the source record.
Copy and adapt
Directory picks
Handoff
Compacts active work into a continuation document another developer or agent can reliably resume.
mattpocock/skills
PDFs
Reads, creates, edits, and verifies PDF documents with attention to rendered layout.
anthropics/skills
Documents
Creates and edits professional documents with structured, readable output.
anthropics/skills
Crafting Effective READMEs
Writes repository documentation around the needs of its actual users and contributors.
joshuadavidthomas/agent-skills
Workflows
Document a project for developers and agents
Create concise repository context, shared language, and operating instructions that remain useful across sessions.
45–120 min
Hand off long-running agent work
Preserve objective, authoritative progress, decisions, and verification so another session can continue without drift.
10–20 min